WRG 2011 Mock Draft - #23 Houston Rockets

We were next.

We won the lottery, built the team, positioned ourselves perfectly to take over for our Texan neighbors as the best in the West, and - as everybody knows by now - it all fell apart.

But this slow-motion nightmare has yielded to morning and we took a new 7-footer with our first pick.

We think that solidifies our frontcourt.  We now have a great mix of young players and some good vets still hanging around.

We also have an interesting array of young guards we think could produce some gems.  They need playing time, so we don't want to bring in another young player to disrupt that.

What we could use is a little more toughness on the wing, where we have some scorers, but not a lot of defensive presence or physicality.

We don't see a bruiser available here, but we do see a player who can rebound and block shots extremely well and has the wiry frame that players like Matt Barnes and Tayshaun Prince have used very effectively to provide what we are looking for.  Plus, we like that he has a lot of room to grow both his game and his body.

The Rockets select Tyler Honeycutt - a great fit with a young team and key part of the next day.

Everything's in 3-D!

WRG Mock Draft, #15: Detroit Pistons

Our team is getting old. We have too many free agents. We have needs everywhere. We are truly in a position to go with the best player available.

We are going to throw a lot of money this offseason at Paul Millsap. With Jason Maxiell already on board, and the pursuit of Millsap set to begin, we don't have a need for anymore undersized power forwards. Sorry DeJuan Blair.

Allen Iverson and Rasheed Wallace are free agents. Antonio McDyess, as well. We have a lot of question marks. We are electing to go with the best available player approach, as we have needs bascially everywhere and need to inject our roster with youth. We want to get back to our championship style roots of a few years ago: players who play tough defense and give our team a defensive core for the future to fit in with Tayshaun Prince and Rodney Stuckey. Clearly one player fits this mold.

With the 15th pick, the Detroit Pistons select:

Detroit wants me!

Gerald Henderson, SG, Duke


We look to the future with a perimeter trio of Tayshaun Prince, Rodney Stuckey, and Gerald Henderson. Henderson can come in immediately and give us solid minutes off the bench spelling our wing players. Richard Hamilton isn't getting younger, and to maximize his abilities, we need to decrease his minutes, and Henderson is quite capable of playing from day 1.